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Negro work songs and calls.
Streaming audio Available online
View online- Format:
- Sound recording
- Series:
- Music online: American song.
- Music online: American song
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Southern States--Music.
- African Americans.
- Black people--Bahamas--Music.
- Black people.
- Folk music--Southern States.
- Folk music.
- Work songs.
- Prisoners' songs.
- Southern States.
- Folk songs, English--Southern States.
- Folk songs, English.
- Prisoners' songs--Southern States.
- Work songs--Bahamas.
- Work songs--Southern States.
- Bahamas.
- Genre:
- Field recordings.
- Music.
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder Select, 1999.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Contents:
- Unloading rails (3:39) ; Tamping ties (:44) (Henry Truvillion)
- Heaving the lead line (Sam Hazel) (3:00)
- Mississippi sounding calls (Joe Shores) (2:09)
- Arwhoolie : cornfield holler (Thomas J. Marshall) (:44)
- Quittin' time song 1 (:35) ; Quittin' time song 2 (:35) (Samuel Brooks)
- Mealtime call (Thomas J. Marshall) (:14)
- Possum was an evil thing (2:47) ; Come on, boys, and let's go to huntin' (1:55) (Henry Truvillion)
- Old Rattler (Mose (Clear Rock) Platt, James (Iron Head) Baker) (3:06)
- Go down, old Hannah (James (Iron Head) Baker ... [et al.]) (2:41)
- Hammer, ring (Jesse Bradley and group) (2:37)
- I wonder what's the matter ("Lightning" and group) (2:52)
- Roll 'im on down (David Pryor and group) (2:36)
- Rock Island Line (Kelly Pace ... [et al.]) (1:45)
- Track-lining song (Allen Prothero) (2:31)
- It makes a long time man feel bad (Kelly Pace ... [et al.]) (6:08)
- O Lord, don' 'low me to beat 'em (Willie Williams) (2:33).
- Notes:
- "Originally released in the series Folk music of the United States, Recording Library, Library of Congress AFS L8, 1943; reissued in cooperation with the American Folklife Center and the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress"--Booklet, back cover.
- "The Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture."
- Field recordings by Herbert Halpert, John A. Lomax, Ruby T. Lomax, Alan Lomax, and Mary E. Barnicle; edited by B.A. Botkin and Alan Lomax.
- Originally issued as compact disc.
- Program notes by B.A. Botkin and Alan Lomax, and texts (21 p. : ill.) in original container.
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (American song). Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- AFS L8
- CD 1517
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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